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11-letter words containing n, o, b, s, e

  • obscurement — The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured.
  • obscureness — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
  • obsecration — to entreat solemnly; beseech; supplicate.
  • observances — Plural form of observance.
  • observantly — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
  • observation — an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
  • observingly — Attentively, observantly.
  • obsessional — the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
  • obsolescent — becoming obsolete; passing out of use, as a word: an obsolescent term.
  • obsolescing — to be or become obsolescent.
  • obstinately — firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
  • obtestation — The act of obtesting; supplication; protestation.
  • obviousness — The characteristic of being obvious.
  • ombrogenous — (of plants) able to flourish in wet conditions
  • ombudswomen — Plural form of ombudswoman.
  • on the bias — A dress or skirt that is cut on the bias or that is bias-cut has been cut diagonally across the material so that it hangs down in a particular way.
  • outbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbalance.
  • outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
  • overburdens — Plural form of overburden.
  • pensionable — worker: of retirement age
  • poison bean — Also called bladderpod. a tall plant, Glottidium vesicaria, of the legume family, native to the southeastern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers and pods containing highly poisonous seeds.
  • potableness — the quality of being potable or drinkable
  • press baron — an influential newspaper publisher or owner who usually controls more than one widely circulated newspaper.
  • probusiness — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
  • responsible — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
  • responsibly — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
  • robbinsdale — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
  • salmonberry — the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
  • second base — the second in order of the bases from home plate.
  • second best — the next to the best in performance, achievement, craftsmanship, etc.
  • second-best — the next to the best in performance, achievement, craftsmanship, etc.
  • shacklebone — the wrist
  • single bond — a chemical linkage consisting of one covalent bond between two atoms of a molecule, represented in chemical formulas by one line or two vertical dots, as C–H or C:H.
  • skinner box — a box used in experiments in animal learning, especially in operant conditioning, equipped with a mechanism that automatically gives the animal food or other reward or permits escape, as by opening a door.
  • snob appeal — the attributes of something that appeal to people who associate those qualities with social or intellectual superiority; a thing's attractiveness to snobs.
  • snow banner — snow being blown off a mountaintop.
  • snow blower — a motor-driven machine on wheels used to remove snow by throwing it into the air and to one side.
  • snow bridge — a mass of snow bridging a crevasse, sometimes affording a risky way across it
  • snowmobiler — a person who drives a snowmobile
  • soil binder — a plant that prevents or inhibits erosion by providing a ground cover and forming a dense network of roots that hold the soil.
  • soluble rna — a small RNA molecule, consisting of a strand of nucleotides folded into a clover-leaf shape, that picks up an unattached amino acid within the cell cytoplasm and conveys it to the ribosome for protein synthesis. Abbreviation: tRNA.
  • soybean oil — a pale-yellow oil derived from soybeans by expression or solvent extraction: used as a food and in the manufacture of soap, candles, inks, paints, varnishes, etc.
  • spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
  • splint bone — one of the rudimentary, splintlike metacarpal or metatarsal bones of the horse or some allied animal, one on each side of the back of each cannon bone.
  • sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
  • spoon bread — Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a baked dish made with cornmeal, milk, eggs, and shortening, served as an accompaniment to meat.
  • stench bomb — a small bomb made to emit a foul smell on exploding.
  • stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
  • stereoblind — lacking the ability to see in three dimensions through both eyes
  • sternotribe — (of a flower) having contact with the sternum of an insect
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